Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-31
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
Suicide Of Charles ID. Rollins.

Charles d. Rollins, drug clerk, twenty-siX
years Of age, who lived with his parents at No. go
9d street northwest. committed suicide last night
about half-past ten o'clock, by shooting himself
IN the mead. He had been out during the evening,
and returning home went to his room in the upper
story OF the house. A few minutes afterward the
report OF the pistol was heard by the other men,
bers OF the family. They ran to his room at once
and found the body OF the unfortunate young man
lying on the floor in pool of blood. The pistol
was lying on the floor. The bullet had entered the
right side of his head, near the temple. The body
OF the wounded man was lifted to his bed and a
few minutes later Dr. Rey burn was at his SIDE but
tUu td u9 a9thng Tor him as the missile had pene;
Crateu the Drain, inf1lcting fatal wound. He died
within half an hour after the shot was fired. The
deceased Was well known In the section OF the city
where he resided, and had filled the position of
clerk In several drug stores. His sad end was a
surprise TO his many friends The coroner inveSti-
gated the case to-day and gave certificate In ac-
cordance with the facts above stated.
Death OF Fitzhugh LudIow,s Widow.
Mrs. Maria Owen Ludlow, who died at her resi-
dence, NO. lOO1 X street, on the 2Sth inst, was
the widow OF the late FitZhugh Ludlow, who died
at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1871. For the past
sixteen years the late Mrs. Ludlow was clerk in
the Patent Office, and very few people were aware
that She was the widow OF that unfortunate
genius, F1tzhugh Ludlow, who, it is stated In a
vain desire TO initiate DeQuincy, took to eating
opium. and while under its influence wrote a
nunOef OF poems and essays, OF which his ''The
HaSheeSh Eater was considered to be almost as
remarkable a production as the confessions OF
DeQu1ncy. He was born in New York state In
1885, the son OF POughkeepSie clergyman. In
1897, after having graduated from Union college,
he removed ID New York city, where he practiced
law Here he became slave to the terrible drug,
ana In few years he became moral and phySi-
Cal wreck. George William Curtis and some of
MS friends got him to go west and he wrote some
very remarkable articles from Utah and Cali
IOrnla. On his return from the Pacific they sent
MIN 10 Europe. He died in 1871 at Geneva.
The Washington Ordnance Yard.
PROPOSED MAMMOTH WORKSHOP
The board of naval officers appointed to inquire
into the needs Of the Washington ordnance
yard have nearly completed their report.
Civil Engineer Menocalhas prepared plans for
enlargtng the machine and anchor shops
and throwing them together under one roof,
by erecting pillars On both sides OF the street
between them, about twenty feet apart and
about seventy feet high. On these pillars are to
DE Quilt connecting roof, while the roofs OF the
SHOPS are TO be laiSed to the height OF the proposed
building. The vest wall OF the anchor shop Is to
De knocked out and this Will give shop about 400
!eet wac Dy 80 feet Deep In the shop are to be
large cranes, reaching nearly TO the roof, to be
used In moving abOut the heavy guns. A railroad
Is to be built in the yard. Galleries will around
the shop the purpose OF holding such machinery
as Will be needed In preparing ''the mounts for
the Hotchktss and Calling guns. The foundations
Ior the pillars Will soon be dug. The estimated
cost fOr the improvements is said to be $50, 600
This shop Will give facilities for 600 workmen and
space enough for turning the largest sized guns
the latheS